Proving Identity and Kinship Using the GPS: Finding a Freedman's Family

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1. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   7 years ago

   Ms. Peters demonstrates excellent genealogical skills. \n\nMs. Peters' presentation was well organized and most informative. I look forward to attending more BCG webinars in 2019. (This was the first one I attended.)\n\nNancy was very well prepared and the presentation went very smoothly. Thanks you for a great webinar.\n\nOrganized, knowledgable, great presentation.\n\nOutstanding. Something for all levels of experience\n\nRead this case in NGSQ and set it aside for study (also working on a SC freedman family, getting it back to before emancipation for family). Really nice presentation, got a good look at how Nancy used framed research and used GPS systematically to answer question. She laid it out in such a way that it was easy to follow, not an easy task with so much info from so many sources. It will help me keep data organized for analysis, too. \n\nThat is the best presentation I’ve heard on African American research. Nancy is a terrific presenter.\n\nThe case study was a good example of how much work can be involved in working through the GPS. I can see that it would have been easy to see the two Hirams as one person, and to have gone the wrong direction.\n\nThe research hints are most helpful. The discussion about using research of a slave-owner as a means of learning about a former slave made me realize that it is a concept that can be applied to the relationship of landowners to tenant farmers or masters to indentured servants in other parts of the world. So thank you Nancy.\n\nThe talk showed how widespread a search could be undertaken to come to a conclusion by sorting out possible candidates.\n\nThis was an excellent presentation that brought to light the importance of GPS and using multiple sources.\n\nThis was my first live webinar and I'm a new member. I thought Nancy explained the concept of the GPS very well. As someone who is interested in slave research and research methodology, I was happy with the topic. \n\nThis was my first webinar, and I enjoyed learning more about family history research.\n\nThis was one of the best webinars that I have attended.\n\nUS centred but the processes remain the same - check and double check\n\nvery clear and concise, easy to follow and extrapolate concepts to own research questions. thanks\n\nVery clear and thorough. I would like to read her article in NGQ and perhaps in the future it might be interesting to suggest we read the article before the presentation to best understand all the detail of the analysis.\n\nVery clear explanation of the five pillars. High standards secure the pursuit of Truth.\n\nVery good webinar! I like how I could follow along with her research.\n\nVery helpful \n\nVery helpful and informative\n\nvery helpful case study of applying GPS; using many types of records to compare subject and FAN across time; thank you\n\nVery informative ! Good Presentation! Thank you!\n\nVery informative!\n\nVery informative. Thank you! : )\n\nVery informative. Thanks!\n\nVery interesting and helpful. Thank you \n\nVery interesting webinar! Thank you very much. \n\nvery through\n\nVery through and methodical. Loved it!\n\nVery well done, a lot of sources were consulted, really made the point about using many sources of information. Glad the resources were included on the syllabus,\n\nwell done\n\nWell presented; great questions afterwards, all of which can help in resolving dilemmas in one's own research\n\nWonderful

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2. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   7 years ago

   Brilliantly executed research -- excellent presentation, crisp, on top of every detail. \n\nExcellent description of all of the steps that Ms. Peters took in her research.\n\nExcellent presentation!\n\nExcellent presentation. Well organized. \n\nExcellent presentation. Very good reference material.\n\nThank you ...\n\nExcellent presenter and very informative presentation.\n\nExcellent presenter! \n\nfantastic webinar with some great information.\n\nFascinating. Thank you.\n\ngood content. good pacing \n\ngood pace, valuable information\n\nGood presentation\n\nGood presentation. Very informative. Good research ideas.\n\nGood teaching about GPS, and reaching conclusions\n\ngreat detail and enjoyed the steps outlined in doing the research\n\nGreat presentation! The information included was in-depth and included extremely helpful tips on meeting the GPS.\n\nGreat presentation; thank you for new places to search that I had not considered.\n\nGreat webinar proving indent and kinship using GPS.\n\nI learned additional information about finding freedmen.\n\nI like the clear presentation with points clearly presented\n\nI loved it - it was fun to "follow the trail" with a genealogist! Thank you!!\n\nI'm glad I had read Nancy's article in the NGSQ first. Great information.\n\nI'm looking from the other direction: a forebear who was a slave owner and an African American woman who is descended from a slave owned by a landowner with my family's name in that same state.\n\nInteresting subject & documentation.. Thanks.\n\nIt was a wonderful story, and I learned many research strategies. There were many census that I did not know about, and I will be print the syllabus to help me out.\n\nIt was clear and to the point. \n\nIt's always great when I garner bread crumbs to spur my research!\n\nLots of good info\n\nLoved the tabular comparisons, very clear explanations also

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